[vicsireland] Re: Audio books query
- From: "Noreen Meagher" <noreenmeagher@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:10:52 -0000
Great, no idea there were so many options. Have joined iBooks & Audible
&as well as learning to use iphone that should keep me going for a
while...Thanks, Noreen M.
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[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RobbieS
Sent: 25 January 2013 13:53
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Audio books query
Hi all,
Other options for fere books include apps such as:
1. librivox.
2. Gutenberg
3. ambling (lite & paid)
4. audiobooks (which I haven't had time to use yet).
With librivox and guenberg, at least, the quality of the reading is
unpredictable; sometimes, the reading is more of a performance (including
Shakespeare's sonnets which are transformed by the reader's performance and
an entertaining lengthy person interpretation of each sonnet; it soon
transpires that this reader is making the recording as a result of a
Community Service order in the American courts: still excellent and worth a
listen; a whole new take on Shakespeare, with the entire original texts in
there somewhere - albeit, in a strong New Jersey accent).
Reading the Grimms' Fairytales on Gutenberg, 3 our ot the 62 were
incomplete.
All worth investigating, though,
Robbie
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:27 PM, Noreen Meagher <noreenmeagher@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Ciaran, Dónal, Cearbhall & Tim, thanks to all for response & have
just
downloaded IBooks & next searching for books & hopefully I will have
holiday
reading on my iphone. When I return & have more time I will try out
the
other suggestions including Audible
Thanks again,
Noreen m.
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[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ciaran Ferry
Sent: 24 January 2013 09:24
To: 'vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Audio books query
Noreen,
Apple's own book store iBooks is probably the quickest way of
getting books
on to your iPhone. The app is very accessible and is available free
from the
AppStore, and links directly to your existing Apple account.
Any titles you purchase are downloaded directly to your phone, and
are
stored in the library section of the app. You can set bookmarks etc
just as
you can with specialist readers such as the Victor Stream. There's
no need
to connect the phone to a computer, and no conversion / transferring
necessary.
One of the biggest disadvantages of iBooks is that the content is in
text
format, so the books are read to you by voiceover instead of a human
voice.
This can take a bit of getting used to, however in my experience I
have
found the American voice to be extremely easy on the ear. You can
try it out
first to see what you think - there is plenty of free content
available on
the store.
Titles are often a bit more expensive than with other providers, but
if you
need a book in a hurry, or if you are unable to source it anywhere
else, I
would definitely recommend iBooks.
Hope this helps,
Ciaran
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[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Noreen
Meagher
Sent: 23 January 2013 23:41
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Audio books query
Cearbhall, thanks for reply & you have given me some ideas, & as I
am
already a member of NCBI library I will take that route first. I am
only
starting with Iphone & looking for a quick solution to get a couple
of books
on phone before going on hols on 31st. I might even stick with Nano
I pod
till I get back & have more time for phone then...
Noreen
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[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cearbhall
O'Meadhra
Sent: 23 January 2013 18:17
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Audio books query
Hello Noreen,
You can use the Audible app to read books from audible.com. Are you
familiar
with this service?
If your regular public library is registered with OneClick, you can
use the
One-click app to download and read their audio books on your iPhone.
Similarly, your library might use Overdrive as does the NCBI and
this also
has an iPhone app called Overdrive which you can download to your
iPhone.
All of these apps are free. They control the licence to read their
books and
that is why they have been created for the iPhone.
If you like to read books in mp3 format, you can download them to
the iPhone
using iTunes as "music" and they will be listed under "Music" in the
iPhone.
There are different ways to transfer them into iTunes and through
iTunes
into the iPhone so it might be best to respond to specific questions
on this
technique if they arise.
You can transfer audible, One-click and Overdrive books to mp3
format on
your desktop computer and then they can be transferred using iTunes
into
your iPhone.
Books in WMA format cannot be read on the iPhone and must be sent
through
their respective apps to convert them to mp3.
If you have any questions on these items I will happily answer as
best I
can. I use all of them on my iPhone which is a 4S running IOS 6.01.
All the best,
Cearbhall
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[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Noreen
Meagher
Sent: 23 January 2013 17:42
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Audio books query
New to Iphone so wondering what is most popular method used to
access audio
books? Any advice welcome
Thanks,.
Noreen m.
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